I wish things were different. It would be nice to have my writing more successful and be closer to publishing my book. Or to even have my blogs more popular and doing well. Even if I was bringing in a little extra money with my blogs, it could help. Or if things were different at the hotel. But this is where we are. Here is what’s going on and my job struggles.
The Main Job Struggles
Right now my main struggle is getting everyone what they need. As one of the assistant managers, it’s my job to try and make sure that the boss is happy and that the employees are happy. The hardest part right now – hours. Everyone needs a certain amount of hours to meet their needs, myself included. But, how do you do that in a dry season? Maybe things would be different if we were a tourist destination, but the fact is, no one comes to Steinbach for tourist things. They come for sports, weddings, work, or they’re just passing through. So, when these things are not bringing in hotel guests, it means that hours get cut because the work isn’t there. Which means that people don’t get the hours they need to pay bills and more.
Just Struggling
Now, for myself and my husband, we have debt. And it feels like we are drowning in it some days. Our paychecks just are not high enough and we are barely making it paycheck to paycheck. It is hard to get your paycheck and try to figure out just where to put it. And then you get the monthly bills that you have to try and keep on top of as well. There are so many things that we would love to do, but we have such a tight hold on our finances, going for coffee with friends is tricky. So, what can we do to have a hope of surviving this?
Job Struggles – Hunting
At the beginning of the year I decided that I was going to start job hunting. Not to replace my job at the hotel, but to add to it. A second paycheck might just be what I need to have a hope of paying down my debt. My poor husband is trying to think of how he can help and I keep telling him to worry about his own first. I don’t want him to be going deeper into debt because he wants to help me pay mine. But, finding a second job has proven more difficult than I anticipated. You see, in my mind I have to be a bit picky.
Full Time vs Part Time
The first of my job struggles is trying to figure out what sort of job I should look for. Do I look for a full time job and move down to part time at the hotel? Or do I stay full time at the hotel and find a part time second job? Some of you are probably screaming how obvious it is, but it’s not. Here’s the thing. The hotel is shift work. There is some consistency, but for the most part it is shift work. So if I got a part time job – those are also mainly shift work positions. Which makes scheduling really hard. But I need to keep a certain amount of available hours to keep management status.
The Job Struggles Need to Benefit
Next, I have to think about what would benefit everyone more. If the second job is full time, then my hours go down at the hotel and opens up more hours for the other staff who need hours as well. But I also step in the most to help when hours need to be filled due to staff needing time off for illness, holidays or other reasons. If I can’t do that, who will? If you are thinking of the other management staff, their lives make it a bit trickier to do that. And I need to think of my husband. Working 2 jobs means less time together, and we don’t want that to damage the marriage. Can you see me pulling my hair out yet?
So, What Do I Do?
I wish I knew. A second job also means less time for writing – the end goal of what I want to reach as a career. Write more blogs? Not going to help out right now with the finances. Write my book faster? I need money to publish it, so finishing it faster will not help. Arbonne? It’s on the back burner because I can’t afford to pay the consultant fee and order things to start. Plus, none of those will bring in extra money now. So, what should I do with my job struggles? Keep trying. I might have to change things in my life to make it work, but if I think about it, that’s what I’m already doing. I can’t do lots of things that I want to do because of finances and debt.
Job Struggles – Is Education Helpful
Maybe. But again it’s more complicated. I can’t afford to go to school, or even pay for online schooling. And, schooling takes time. Plus, if I go to school but there’s no demand for the position, I still can’t find a job. I wish there was a simple solution. Or that the random times my husband picks up a lotto ticket we get a winner. Maybe win a 50/50. But, seeing as that is not happening anytime soon, I will continue the job hunt. Maybe I will be a little less picky and try for jobs that I’m not sure about. Anything can happen if I ty.
